• Seeks to close gaps in the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) by making the reporting process faster.

• Requires that records be made available in electronic format.

• Increases the list of offenses that disqualify people from being able to legally possess firearms.

• Seeks to close gaps in the National Instant Background Check System by making the reporting process faster.

• Requires records be made available in electronic format.

• Adds to list of offenses that disqualify people from being able to legally possess firearms.

• Additional provisions to keep guns out of the hands of people who have undergone a civil commitment or other court proceeding, such as a measure to require the court to notify NICS whenever it places a juvenile or adult into a pretrial diversion program and report the expiration date of the program.

• Makes it harder for a person convicted of a violent crime to regain the ability to possess firearms.

• The background check provision in Senate Bill 458 is more extensive than the House Bill 285.

SALES

• Amended to include a background check requirement for private sales of handguns and semi-automatic military-style assault weapons (SAMSAWs) at gun shows.

Does not require a new background check. Instead, the bill requires buyers from a private seller at a gun show to produce a state-issued permit to purchase or a handgun carry permit. A person with either of these documents has already passed a background check.

TBD

• Private sales of handguns or SAMSAWs must be conducted by a federally licensed firearms dealer. The dealer may charge a fee of up to $25 to conduct the background check and complete the transfer. There is an exception for people closely related through blood or marriage.

PRESCRIBES

• A definition of ammunition.

• That people prohibited from possessing firearms are also prohibited from possessing ammunition.

TBD

• A definition of ammunition.

• That people prohibited from possessing firearms are also prohibited from possessing ammunition.

PUNITIVE

• Calls for tougher penalties for people who provide guns to people who are legally prohibited from having them, ie. strawman purchases.

TBD

• Adds tougher penalties for people who provide guns for ineligible persons. Adds tougher penalties for people who report a stolen firearm to law enforcement, knowing the report is false.

CONDITIONAL

N/A

• Certain provisions in the bill will require funding, such as gathering and digitizing records that will be submitted to NICS.

N/A

STATUS

• Awaiting action on the House floor.

• Headed for consideration by the Senate Finance Committee.

•Currently being considered in the Senate Rules and Administration Committee.

• Sen. Latz said that the version of this bill that makes it to the Senate floor will likely be amended by legislators who authored other gun-related bills that stalled in committee.